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Swami Adbhutananda

From the following story told by Swami Turiyanandaji, it is clear that he had great regard for Latu Maharaj:

Many of the brother monks were leaving the monastery at Baranagore to practise austerity. I too felt an urge to meet holy men in other places of India. As I was thinking this over, a voice said from within me, "Where will you find such a sadhu as he?" Startled, I turned my gaze and saw Latu Maharaj lying down covered with a thick cloth, deep in meditation. Immediately the thought came," Where, indeed, will I find a sadhu like him?" The very next moment Latu Maharaj spoke out : "Where will you go? It is better to engage yourself in tapasya here." That time I stayed at the monastery.

If a man worships me," says Krishna in the Gita,' and meditates upon me with an undistracted mind, devoting every moment to me, I shall supply all his needs." Latu Maharaj surrendered himself to Sri Ramakrishna wholeheartedly. After the Master's passing away, he went through various kinds of sadhanas; he explained," It is he who is taking me by the hand through all these disciplines."